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PGCE Interview - Nottingham

Hey there all, lets just say it's a while since I visited - last time was in February, and wondering if all the regs are here or have moved on to bigger and better things. But anyway, here goes.

Have cut my holiday short, as received an offer of a PGCE interview for Secondary Chemistry at Nottingham Uni. The last PGCE interview I went to last year at Keele, basically the guy there said I was crap - so didn't get the place - but that's a long story that I consider their fault for putting me in that position. Anyways, looking for some tips plus got a few questions.

They say I MUST bring the following documents (list) amongst others my GCSE certificates for English and Maths. Now, I'm not even sure I received certificates for these, only a "statement of results" that said "This is not a certificate" on the bottom. Sure I kept it, but finding it after 10 years is going to be damned difficult. Will there likely be a big problem if I can't produce these on the day? I'm sure the exam board will have a record, but I can't even remember the specific one, or whether they're still in business.

Also, it gives a list of the format for the day. Several assessment things at the bottom of the list

"Hand written task based on issues related to science education"
"Group discussion based on the task"
"Individual interviews in which you will be set an informal subject knowledge task"

Any ideas on what these are likely to be?

Also says "...come prepared to talk about a secondary school you have visited, preferably in the past year."

This bit's rather worrying for me - I haven't really got much to speak about on this. Fact of the matter is I was trying to sort out a school placement, and the only one that replied basically asked me in for a chat, then said "We haven't got anything for you at the moment because you're not CRB checked and that'll take two weeks and we need someone right now. But we not going to CRB check you because we've nothing to offer you." So basically catch 22. I did try again later with the same school, but the person who promised to call me never did.

So basically I have no secondary teaching experience - but I have a lot of experience of teaching in a college - teaching computer skills to people of all ages. How do I show this in a more positive light?

Sorry it's long, but I'm grateful for any advice you can give.

Marcus

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